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Concert, 1990 March 25

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Scope and Contents

Performances by invited fiddle players Kevin Burke, Liz Carroll, Seamus Connolly, Brian Conway, Johnny Cronin, Paddy Cronin, Tony De Marco, Martin Hayes, Eileen Ivers, James Kelly, Andy McGann, Johnny McGreevy, Brendan Mulvihill, Paddy Reynolds, Dale Russ, Martin Wynne, with Mel Mercier on bodhran and bones. Held in Boston College's Gasson Hall.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990 March 25

Creator

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Partial Extent

2.25 hours (audio)

Partial Extent

2 hours (moving images)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original media

2 audio cassettes (DAT) and 1 videocassette (VHS)

Listening and viewing notes

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces the evening

Kevin Burke and Dale Russ Set:

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Kevin Burke and Dale Russ

Burke and Russ: Unidentified Jigs

Burke: Three Reels: "The Broken Pipes"/"Martin Rockford's"/ "Miss McLeod's"

Russ: Double Jig: "The Humours of Ballyloughlin"

Tune Intro

Burke and Russ: Reels: "Roll out the Barrel"/"Lafferty's"/"The House of Hammil"

Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, and Martin Hayes Set (with Mel Mercier):

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, Martin Hayes, and Mel Mercier

Carroll, Ivers, and Hayes: Slipjig

Carroll: Reels: "The Exile of Erin"/"Sean sa Cheo"

Hayes: Reels: "Joe Bane's"/"The Green: Gowned Lass"

Ivers (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: Unidentified/''The Piper on Horseback"

Carroll, Hayes and Ivers (with Mercier, bodhran): Reel: "The Humours of Lissaddell"

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin makes announcements

Johnny McGreevy, James Kelly, Paddy Cronin, and Johnny Cronin Set:

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Johnny McGreevy, James Kelly, Paddy Cronin, and Johnny Cronin

McGreevy, Kelly, P. Cronin, and J. Cronin: Unidentified Tune

Tune Intro

J. Cronin: Two Jigs

P. Cronin: Brendan Toma's

Gneeveguilla fiddler tradition talk

Kelly: Reels: "The Morning Dew"/"Jenny's Chickens"

Tune Intro

McGreevy: Two Unidentified Jigs

McGreevy, Kelly, P. Cronin, and J. Cronin: Reels: "The Tarbolton"/"The Longford Collector"/"The Sailor's Bonnet"

Act II

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin thanks Brendan Mulvihill and Seamus Connolly

Brendan Mulvihill and Seamus Connolly Set (with Mel Mercier):

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Brendan Mulvihill, Seamus Connolly, Mel Mercier

Mulvihill and Connolly: Unidentified Reels Tune Intro

Mulvihill: Reels: "A Bunch of Keys" or "The Flowers of Limerick"/ "Tommy Coen's"

Tune Intro

Connolly: Slow Air: "Sliabh na mBan"/Hornpipe: "Sliabh na mBan"/Reels (with Mercier, bodhran): "Fisherman's Island"/"The Humours of Westport"

Connolly offers thanks and welcome Tune Intro

Mulvihill and Connolly (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: "The Salamanca"/"Trim the Velvet"

Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds Set:

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds McGann, Reynolds: Two Jigs: "Joe Derrane's"/Unidentified

Tune Intro

Reynolds: Reels: "Aggie Whyte's"/"Miss Roddy's" Tune Intro

McGann: Air: "Gaelic Lament"/ Reels: "The Lads of Laois"/"The First Month of Summer"

Tune Intro

McGann and Reynolds: Hornpipe: "The Banks Medley"

Brian Conway, Tony De Marco, and Martin Wynne Set:

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin introduces Brian Conway, Tony De Marco, and Martin Wynne

Tune Intro

Conway, De Marco, and Wynne: Hornpipes: "The Flowers of Spring"/"Jim Coleman's"

Tune Intro

Wynne: Slip Jig: "The Boys of Ballisodare" Wynne: Reel: "The Wexford Lass"

Conway: Air: "The Lament for Staker Wallace"/Reel: "Farewell to Ireland"/"Farewell to Erin" (with Mercier, bodhran)

Tune Intro

De Marco (with Mercier, bodhran): Reels: "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"/"The Reel [of] Bogie" ["The Tramp's Reel"]

Tune Intro

Conway, De Marco, :and Wynne: Reels: "Lad O'Beirne's"/"Leinster Buttermilk"

Final Set:

"What would you like to hear?" Intro

All: Hornpipes: "The Plains of Boyle"/"Dunphy's Hornpipe"

S. Connolly introduces tunes

Three Double Jigs by Michael Coleman: "The Wandering Minstrel Medley"

J. Kelly expresses appreciation

Reel: "Lord McDonald's"/"The Fair of Ballinasloe"

Tune Intro

All: Reel: "My Love Is in America" with opening bodhran solo by Mel Mercier

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

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